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Identifikator:: 1895264332

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Author:: Myers, Gustavus

Title:: Geschichte der großen amerikanischen Vermögen

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1916 -

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1895266750

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-242184

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Author:: Myers, Gustavus http://d-nb.info/gnd/10190651X

Title:: Geschichte der großen amerikanischen Vermögen

Volume count:: Bd. 1

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1916

Scope:: XL, 412 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Dritter Teil: Die grossen Vermögen aus Eisenbahnen

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAPTER VIII ORIGIN AND LANGUAGE—USE OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH BY IMMIGRANT PEOPLES Canada is the meeting place of many peoples. Within her boundaries many tongues are spoken. The development and use of a common medium of communication has in the ast, as the sociologist avers, conditioned the emergence of human societies. Unless indi- viduals can make known to the other members of the group their feelings and thoughts, snd unless they in turn are able to understand and appreciate the emotions and ideas of “heir fellows, a group consciousness is impossible. The “ animated moderation” which has gradually been replacing the rule of force is based on discussion which, in turn, is conditioned by the ability of converse. Common media of communication are as important in modern democracies as with primitive peoples. In Canada, there are two official languages, French and English, Before considering the extent to which immigrants from other countries are learning one or both of these, it is of interest to examine how far those of French origin have learned to speak English and those of British origin to speak French. The following percentages have been computed from the tables on language spoken by the population 10 years and over, resident in Canada, Tune 1. 1921, (Census, Vol. 2, page 514) »— FABLE 96.—PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OF BRITISH ORIGIN REPORTED AS ABLE TO SPEAK FRENCH. PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OF FRENCH ORIGIN REPORTED AS ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH, 1921. french........... English speaking.......ocoevivieinens. Origin rerinnereneeeneeeres. Males ) Females Total Percentage reported 1being able 0 speak Fnelish 57-7 45-0 50-8 Percentage reported a8 being able to speak French dales........ B81 lemales..... 4-4 rotal........ 4-8 Two points are of interest in the above table. First, the striking difference between she proportion of French who have learned English, and the proportion of those of English speaking origins who have learned French. While approximately half of the French people 10 years of age and over reported themselves as able to speak English, less than one-twentieth of the English of similar age claimed to be able to speak French at the time of the Census. However, this comparison is somewhat misleading. The learning of a language other than ‘he mother tongue is largely a matter of social and especially of economic convenience, and the proportions of the British and French stocks among whom it is a matter of convenience 50 learn the other language are very different. While 23-0 p.c. of the French in Canada are domiciled outside Quebec, t.., in provinces where English is the dominant language of the seople, only 7.3 p.c. of the English speaking peoples are resident in the province of Quebec where French is the native language of the vast majority of the population. When the aumber of English who have acquired French is expressed as a proportion of the total of English speaking origins in Canada, of whom perhaps only 10 to 15 p.c. ever come into sontact with French-speaking Canadians, the result is hardly comparable with that for the French, with 25 to 30 p.c. living among English-speaking ‘Canadians. A much fairer comparison is between the English-speaking stocks in the province of Quebec, and the French in parts of Canada outside that province, Of the former, 30.7 pe. (10 years and over) were able to speak French at the date of the Census; of the latter, AC

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